Decision support systems for guideline and knowledge navigation over different levels of abstraction of the guidelines
First Claim
1. A computing system for executing an executable practice or professional guideline to receive practice or professional information or knowledge contained in the guideline at a proper level of abstraction to meet a context definition appropriate for a slated use of the practice or professional information or knowledge, the computing system comprising:
- a guideline repository which stores a plurality of the executable practice or professional guidelines and from which selected practice or professional guidelines are retrievable;
at least one interface providing for entry of one of context data and a control signal defining a context of the practice or professional information or knowledge;
a display;
at least one server which receives said context data or control signal, automatically chooses one of the executable practice or professional guidelines stored in the guideline repository in accordance with the received context data, and causes the display to display the chosen guideline and to display a visual navigator, the visual navigator including a list identifying each of a plurality of available levels of guideline abstraction and an indicator which indicates with which of the available levels in the list the chosen guideline is displayed; and
a user input device by which a user changes the displayed guideline resulting in a new guideline being displayed at a new level of abstraction and the visual navigator displaying the new level of abstraction, such that the level of abstraction is changeable by the user input in both a manual mode and an automatic mode.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for executing an executable clinical practice guideline for providing guidance in treating a patient. A guideline repository stores a plurality of executable clinical practice guidelines. At least one interface receives clinical context data associated with at least one of the patient and the patient'"'"'s treatment. A system server, upon receipt of said clinical context data, automatically chooses an appropriate guideline and controls a display to display the guideline at its present level of abstraction, and a visual navigator which defines the current level of abstraction. The level of abstraction is changed via a user input between a higher level of abstraction in which fewer more abstract steps of the guidelines are displayed and a lower level of abstraction in which more, detailed steps are displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing system for executing an executable practice or professional guideline to receive practice or professional information or knowledge contained in the guideline at a proper level of abstraction to meet a context definition appropriate for a slated use of the practice or professional information or knowledge, the computing system comprising:
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a guideline repository which stores a plurality of the executable practice or professional guidelines and from which selected practice or professional guidelines are retrievable; at least one interface providing for entry of one of context data and a control signal defining a context of the practice or professional information or knowledge; a display; at least one server which receives said context data or control signal, automatically chooses one of the executable practice or professional guidelines stored in the guideline repository in accordance with the received context data, and causes the display to display the chosen guideline and to display a visual navigator, the visual navigator including a list identifying each of a plurality of available levels of guideline abstraction and an indicator which indicates with which of the available levels in the list the chosen guideline is displayed; and a user input device by which a user changes the displayed guideline resulting in a new guideline being displayed at a new level of abstraction and the visual navigator displaying the new level of abstraction, such that the level of abstraction is changeable by the user input in both a manual mode and an automatic mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying a program which when executed controls a processor to perform the steps of:
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selecting a clinical practice guideline developed based on medical literature and defining a role of specific diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, including non-invasive and invasive procedures, diagnosis, and management of patients with various diseases, the clinical practice guidelines describing a range of generally acceptable approaches for diagnosis, management, and prevention of specific diseases or symptoms, the selected clinical practice guidelines being selected from among a plurality of clinical practice guidelines stored in a database in response to receipt of at least one of (1) data defining a context of a task at hand and a user'"'"'s manual selection via a user interface (UI); controlling a display to display the selected clinical practice guideline for user review, a visual navigator which includes a list of available levels of abstraction of the selected clinical practice guideline, and an indication of which of the available levels of abstraction is being displayed; and in response to a user input, selecting a different level of abstraction from the list of available levels of abstraction via the user interface to change a current level of abstraction of the displayed clinical practice guideline. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer based clinical decision support system comprising:
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a database which stores a plurality of medical related clinical practice guidelines having a plurality of levels of abstraction; a display device; a user input device through which a user inputs instructions to change the level of abstraction; and at least one processor which is programmed to; retrieve a selected medical related clinical practice guideline from the database, and control the display device to display the selected medical related clinical practice guideline and a navigator which indicates a current level of abstraction of the displayed selected medical related clinical practice guideline. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for automatically accessing a proper medical related clinical practice guideline for available patent data and a proper level of abstraction of the guideline based on the available patient data including the steps of:
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in response to receipt of the available patient data, selecting with a processor a first medical related clinical practice guideline and a first level of abstraction from a guideline memory that stores a plurality of medical related clinical practice guidelines; displaying the selected first medical related clinical practice guideline, an identifier of the selected first level of abstraction of the selected first medical related clinical practice guideline and a list of available levels of abstraction of the selected first medical related clinical practice guideline for user review; in response to a user input through a user interface, selecting a second medical related clinical procedure guideline and a second level of abstraction; and displaying the second medical related clinical practice guideline, the identifier of the second level of abstraction of the second medical related clinical practice guideline and a list of available levels of abstraction of the second medical related clinical practice guideline. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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